Message-Id: <199710170645.CAA04032@unix.asb.com>
From: "Rob" <wlkngowl@unix.asb.com>
To: "Martin J. D^nrst" <mduerst@ifi.unizh.ch>,
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 02:40:03 -0500
In-reply-to: <Pine.SUN.3.96.971016121434.12334O-100000@enoshima.ifi.unizh.ch>
Subject: Re: Euro currency sign
On 16 Oct 97, Martin J. D=FCrst wrote:
> > Adding some type of general entity or element that takes into account =
a
> > document's language and region and formats the currency, thousanth
> > markers and decimals would be a nice idea... if you could travel back =
in
> > time to amend the original HTML draft. It's a bit late to add somethin=
g
> > like that as well.
>
> There was a proposal like this, in the first draft of what became
> later RFC 2070 (HTML i18n). But it has many problems. The biggest
> problem is that you can't just covert e.g. from USD to Euro when
> you present, because the conversion rate changes daily, you don't
> know which conversion rate is appropriate (might be a page with
> [..]
I just meant converting the form, say "1,000.12" to "1.000,12" or
something that would use the appropriate currency symbol: perhaps
<span lang=3D"en-US">&currenvy;</span> but not actual monetary
conversions. Yuck!
Rob